IONOS vs Scaleway.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, IONOS undercuts Scaleway on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.75/GB against $5.97/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). IONOS counters with broader reach: 5 locations vs 4.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is IONOS VPS Linux M+ at $11/mo, against Scaleway at $17.01/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

IONOSall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe

  $11/moView at IONOS ↗

Scalewayall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  STARDUST1-S

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB SSD

  $0.51/moView at Scaleway ↗

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MetricIONOSScaleway

Plans tracked459

Cheapest plan$11/mo$0.51/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.75/GB$5.97/GB

Avg value score85/10026/100

Locations54

Dedicated-vCPU plans024

NVMe share100%0%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)23

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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IONOS

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

Scalewaywins

DEV1-S

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 20 GB SSD · $7.56/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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IONOSwins

VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $11/mo

Scaleway

DEV1-M

3 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD · $17.01/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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IONOSwins

VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $21/mo

Scaleway

BASIC2-A2C-8G

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $29.07/mo

Top value plans from each

IONOS

• VPS Linux M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 87/100$11
• VPS Linux L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 86/100$21
• VPS Linux XL+ · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 84/100$44
• VPS Linux XXL+ · 12 vCPU · 24 GBvalue 81/100$68

Scaleway

• STARDUST1-Svalue 100/100$0.51
• DEV1-Svalue 84/100$7.56
• DEV1-Mvalue 77/100$17.01
• PLAY2-PICOvalue 66/100$12.02
• DEV1-Lvalue 66/100$36.08

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. IONOS data: Live web · embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps. Scaleway data: Public API · api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.